It’s not hard to take a weekend bike trip. Mind you, I never had. But I did. And the recipe is simple: hop on your bike and ride. Of course it helps to have maps but you don’t even have to know where you’re going. You don’t need a fancy bike. You don’t need fancy…
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A garden hose as a tire?! Brilliant? No. Crazy. For real? I don’t know. Can it go? I doubt it. And the metal ends would be hell to bike over. Ka-thunk ka-thunk ka-thunk.
“In Queens, to find locations best…” [Sound of needle dropping and record scratching. Replaced with proper Queens beat.] Roads, drives, streets and lanes.Most have numbers,But some have names! Queens is manic, And the grid’s no good.So you gotta not panic,To find our hood. Streets and avenues run opposite ’hattan,And the ave’s go up as you…
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In the Times, J. David Goodman says I quote E.P. Butler’s rhyming verse affectionately. I mention this only in order to quote an article in the Times that quotes me quoting an article in the Times. Meta reference in the house! Now if they reference this, I promise to reference that, and which point The…
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